It's not a question of wallowing in collective guilt. It's about raising conciousness of the illegality of this war, of the horrific toll it's taking on the Iraqi people, and our American economy. We were vocal about Viet Nam. We marc <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="
The question is the legality of the Iraq War. The war was waged without UN sanction, on the false pretext of Weapons of Mass Destruction, on the basis of "sexed up" intelligence reports, by unleashing a barrage of invective agasinst the regime in Iraq. Just because Saddam was a demented criminal ruling Iraq,does not justify a war. More people have been killed since the Anglo American Invasion in Iraq than were probably killed during the Baathistregime
The question is the legality of the Iraq War. The war was waged without UN sanction, on the false pretext of Weapons of Mass Destruction, on the basis of "sexed up" intelligence reports, by unleashing a barrage of invective agasinst the regime in Iraq. Just because Saddam was a demented criminal ruling Iraq,does not justify a war. More people have been killed since the Anglo American Invasion in Iraq than were probably killed during the Baathistregime
you think the war is being fought for all the right reasons (I don't) or do you oppose the war because it's war? Thanks Bahu. I am one who believes that we cannot ever stop being
I too add my voivce to that thought. Yes let us hope the Texas Wahine returns to JU soon.
I too add my voivce to that thought. Yes let us hope the Texas Wahine returns to JU soon.
I too add my voivce to that thought. Yes let us hope the Texas Wahine returns to JU soon.
In his book Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, Evan Wright speaks of the horrors that he winesses duing the camapign to "liberate " Bagdad. Every generation has to bear witness to the holocaust visited upon peoples and societies so that the world will remember what they saw and bear witness to their everlasting creat
More than 2500 years back, Thucydides, an Athenian who faught against Sparta, wrote that Athens which created an Empire in order to wage the war will eventually become a tyrant at home,putting an end to Athenian Liberty and Democracy. The words of this great historian should illumine the minds of all those who write about the Anglo American attack on Iraq as if noth
The subject raised in my blog "Iraq Again: The Human Cost of Taking Fallujah" raised a range of issues. I begin by making it clear that I am not being critical or unduly judgemental. If some of the responses to my writing seemed too defensive, all I can say that it is not my intention to give aid and succour to Islamic Terrorists. Ilook upon this issue as a crisis
haven't seen any of these 'Credible reports from non Arab news sources', or any indication of this 15,000 figure. Could you provide some links? Indeed most reports I see actually acknowledge that a humanitarian crisis (aspredicted beforehand) did not occur. They do point out the delays in the US meeting it's promises of returning
is???? Because the stinking *insurgants* were using them to hide in. I think you must distinguish between "insurgents" and civillian population. I thin
The American and their collabirating forces the British have declared Fallujah "Liberated". Dutifully the Western Media has reported this with all the usual claptrap of showing extreme "restraint" in the face of grave provocation from the "terrorists". I am sure decent law abiding citizens everywhere will be shocked to learn that in the two weeks of fighting that prec
Kofi Annan has obviously incurred the wrath of the present regime in the USA because he boldly declared the the American Invasion and the war in Iraq is illegal and therefore the natural consequences that flow from international law must apply. Of course, we may add that keeping an African face in the UN as a cover for Anglo American assault against the rights and dignity of non white people all over the world makes a lot of sense, because a E
One of the habits that I cultivated over my years at graduate school is to read any thhing remotely connected with my major area of interest which happens to be historiography. And so when I came across a new title ofessor Samuel Huntington, an old friend, I could not resist the temptation of reading. Huntington is worth reading for two reasons. First an impressive
Ienjoyed the pictures and found them extremely interesting.
Social intolerance stems from power:when groups in society seek to dominate or establish control over other groups then there is intolerance. Physical differences are given cultural and historical significance and the porous borders of groups are rendered more firm. This results in more intolerance. NBationalism is the ultimate product of such progressively generated intolerance backed by the might of the state. The only way to break this bo
In a recent issure of Foreign Affairs, Larry Diamond has presented a lucid analysis of monumental strategic and tactical blunders by the Bush Administration. Lack of cleatr political objectives is perhaps the most serious flaw. Merely overthrowing a discredited regime of Saddam Hussain and proclaiming to the world at large " mission accomplished" does
I think that some of the bloggers have got the picture horribly wrong. ivilized Warfare is a term that is used to gloss warfare between armed combatants: indiscriminata cluster bombing of houses, hospitals and civic infracture is not civilized and if the citizens of America are aware of what their military is doing in Iraq, many of those who critisizzed me will be more vehement than me in putting the record straight. When 5 to 10 people gather togeth
You forget that there still is a powerful "Jewish Lobby" right here in Israel... the Bushman can push all he We can hope that George Bush jr will stand by his stated policy and not prevaricate. In his second term, Bush can expend his "political capital" setting things right in the Middle East.
George Bush must lay credit to one significant neologism in the discourse on foreign policy--the concept of road map. As a geographical metaphor it is simple: a guige from place A to place B. These days everyone talks of roadmaps as if the conduct of foreign policy depends on a road map. Why not a navigation chart, a comparison that is certainly more approp
No one least of all this individual can find the attack on the elementary school at Baslan anything less than a crime. Yet(do not mistake what I write as an apology for terrorism) the children perished in a botched attempt at recuse. This does not mitigate the gravity of the crime. We are living in a complex world in which simple minded nationalism will not serve any purpose. USA is not a nation, she is an EMPIRE and hence we are all interest
I did expect a response, but I'm afraid many have got me wrong. I do not accept violence in any kind and I have little sympathy for those who kill innocent people. Yes killing Margret was a gave crime and I condemn it. Ifeel that some like Draimler feel that it is justified to kill in cold blood. I do not think so. Civilized warfare imposes certain conditions on the occupying forces. Just because the terrorists choose to behave in a certain
For a change an "embedded journalist" hascaught a most horrendous act of violence against an unarmed civillian on camera.In almost all our blogs we have had one refrain: the war is inflicting unacceptable levels of mortality on the civillian population,Now here is the proof. Some have started comparing this photograph to the famous picture of a partisan exce
The highly respected medicak journal The Lancet that has been at the fore front of medical research for more that 150 years has in a recent issue highlighted the consequences of the American areal bimbing on Iraq using a sophisticated statistical technique called cluster analysis. The margin of error is less that 3% in most cases. The team
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